diff --git a/recipes/primerforge/meta.yaml b/recipes/primerforge/meta.yaml
index ee7e23d85787f..548538a95cbd0 100644
--- a/recipes/primerforge/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/primerforge/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% set name = "primerForge" %}
-{% set version = "1.1.1" %}
+{% set version = "1.5.2" %}
 
 package:
   name: "{{ name|lower }}"
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package:
 
 source:
   url: https://github.com/dr-joe-wirth/{{ name }}/archive/refs/tags/v{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  sha256: b13a26e006f7790f80937178a311cfbb95a9f69ee8ab97a0d21139bd197fec13
+  sha256: 72e9caab79a87cab3319afb185ecc2a01c94d014a00eca6b62592eb67ab72ab3
 
 build:
   number: 0
@@ -20,13 +20,16 @@ build:
 
 requirements:
   host:
-    - python >=3.11
+    - python >=3.9,<3.12
     - pip
   run:
-    - python >=3.11
+    - python >=3.9,<3.12
     - biopython ==1.81
+    - ispcr
+    - khmer >=2.1.1
     - numpy
     - primer3-py >=2.0
+    - pyahocorasick
     - scipy >=1.10
 
 test: